Also Ranks as #3 in Key Demo

Improves Across the Board Gaps vs. ABC By Double Digits in Year-Over-Year

Narrows Key Demos vs. ABC for 5^th Consecutive Week vs. Last Year

Week of December 26: Ratings Highlights

NBC News’ Tom Llamas anchored Monday-Friday

• Nightly News is the #3 most-watched regularly-scheduled program in all of TV last week in total viewers and in A25-54, averaging 7.210 million total viewers and 1.205 million A25-54 viewers, excluding specials, sports & syndication
• In year over year, Nightly News improves across the board gaps vs. ABC by double digits
• For the 5^th straight week, Nightly News narrows the key demo gaps vs. the network vs. last year
• Nightly News narrows the key demo gaps vs. ABC in week-over-week measurements

Week of December 26: Nightly Stats

• Averages 7.210 million total viewers, topping CBS by +2.060 million (+40%)
  • In year over year, Nightly News cuts the total viewer gap vs. ABC by 20%
• Averages 1.205 million A25-54 viewers, beating CBS by +432,000 (+56%)
  • In week over week, Nightly News improves the A25-54 gap vs. ABC by 24%
  • For the 5^th week in a row, Nightly News cuts the year-over-year A25-54 gap vs. ABC, most recently by 58%
• Averages 836,000 A18-49 viewers, leading CBS by +304,000 (+57%)
  • In week over week, Nightly News improves the A18-49 gap vs. ABC by 29%
  • For the 5^th week in a row, Nightly News cuts the year-over-year A18-49  gap vs. ABC, most recently by 65%
• Across digital, Nightly delivers 15.5 million video views and 1.4 million hours viewed on & off network platforms
• On YouTube, weekday episodes reached 797,000 views and 634,000 viewers

Week of December 26

Program	P25-54	P18-49	P2+
Imps	Imps	Imps
NBC NIGHTLY NEWS	1,205	836	7,210
CBS EVENING NEWS	773	532	5,150
ABC WORLD NEWS TONIGHT	1,358	945	8,418

Note: Nightly News was rated for 4 evenings (Mon-Thu) and ABC and CBS were rated for 3 evenings (Tue-Thu) due to holiday. Nielsen Ratings now reflect the addition of Out of Home (OOH) viewership that began being measured on Aug. 31,2020 across only 44 markets tracked by Nielsen Media Research. NBC Nightly News, World News Tonight and CBS Evening News’ ratings are comprised of telecasts with regular titling and include afternoon and overnight airings on owned stations. Digital ratings sourcing: Adobe Analytics and Partner Portals; YouTube Analytics Portal.